Philoxenia; A radical approach to friendship is a discourse of friendship that, according to Gandhi, finds its existence through philoxenia, “a love for guests, strangers, and foreigners.” Ghandi continues that “philoxenic solidarities are .. emotionally risky.

A. I selected the more interesting examples and rephrased them in another context

B. I needed to check some language reference for some expressions”

Santi says: “I wrote down some vocabulary notes and later created a wordnet with some categories:

A. Words related to the body – words related to objects – words related to water in the house.

B. I paid attention to processes and semantic associations.

C. I made a flow chart with arrows (Example: compact or pieces or machines)”

Xavier says: “After I did the exercises in the book I wrote an 80-word text trying to activate the expressions and vocabulary studied and handed it in next class. Then the teacher made some comments to improve my text.”

Q1. Which learner spent the most time working? ............................. The least time? .....................

ØWhen objects are made of pieces some of them can c.............. ....... and have to be put on again: you have to ............ a door handle or to ........ a jacket button.

ØWhen objects are compact they can be damaged in different ways: furniture ............., pipes ........... and a cup ...........

ØMachines can be powered by electicity or batteries. If they are not working perhaps it is due to a short-circuit and there’s been a ...............- ......... or in the case of a videocamera i has ........ ...... of batteries.

Q2. How successful do you consider Santi’s work to be? Why? ....................................................

Q5. Do you find it interesting to devise your own wordnets? ..............................

TASK 4. Read Xavi’s first composition and answer the questions below.

I hate Mondays. It was Monday november 13 th. I made coffee but when I was in the bathroom there wasn’t any running water. I was getting angry as my shower had to wait until the evening and making my toasts I realised of an extra job: phone the plumber before leaving. Then with the mug still on my hand as I tried to place it in the sink I slipped and fell down. As a result I got a large bruise on my knee. Should I omit that my mug and saucer chipped?

As fast as I could I dressed myself. I rushed down to the garage, got into my Golf but the engine didn’t start. I run to the bus stop to be in time and I missed the 8:12 bus and all my chances to arrive at work on time. After a bad day in the office the evening was much worse. The bathroom flooded and the main pipe was leaking.

Q1. How successful do you consider Santi’s work to be? ............................................................

Q2. There are eight expressions in bold type. Are they naturally activated? .................................

Q3. He confessed it took 18 minutes to be written. How long would it have taken to you? .............

TASK 5. Read the teacher’s feedback and answer the final question.

Dear Xavier, you should 1) Find a suitable title to the piece, 2) Include underlined expressions to enhance the communication, 3) Add an introductory passage to “It was Monday November ....” and 4) check some minor spelling and punctuation notes.

The most chaotic day in Barbara’s life

Mondays have always been unlucky days for me because the stress of starting a new week enters my body and my mind in a shocking way, as I’m going to tell you. Where shall I start? Begin at the beginning is always the best way. It was Monday November 13th. I made coffee, had a full breakfast but when I was in the bathroom there wasn’t any running water.

I was getting angry as a refreshing shower would have to wait until the evening and while making my toasts I realised that one extra job to be done: phone the plumber before leaving. Then with the mug still in my hand, I slipped and fell down as I tried to place it in the sink. As a result, I got a large bruise on my knee. Should I omit that my favourite mug and saucer chipped?

As fast as I could, I dressed myself. I rushed down towards the garage, got into my Golf but the engine didn’t start. I raced towards the bus stop to be on time, ... and you guessed it, I missed the 8:12 bus and all of my chances to arrive at work on time. After a miserable day in the office the evening was much worse. The bathroom flooded and the main pipe was leaking.